Compared to the Republican face-offs, the presidential debates between the Democrats’ 2016 hopefuls are generally sedate affairs, with an occasional flare-up or two. Round Two in Des Moines, Ia., on Saturday night was no different, although this time the three Democratic candidates debated with the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris as a somber backdrop. Sometimes the statements made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on foreign policy and domestic issues rang true; sometimes their remarks didn’t coincide with the facts. For instance: Sanders on Clinton and the Iraq war Sanders criticized Clinton for her...
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